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Children will sequence how racers make boats out of giant pumpkins.
Vocabulary: shell, motor, float, sprout, vine
Science Focus: giant pumpkins, engineering
Watch a Video: Paddle That Pumpkin!
Read the Issue:
Row, Row, Row Your Pumpkin Boat
Play a Game:
Pick a Pumpkin
Skill: short vowels
Complete Skill Sheets
Reading Checkpoint
Skill: key details
Pumpkin Punctuation
Skill: punctuation
How Many Syllables?
Skill: syllables
Lesson Boosters
Paired Text Suggestion: The Biggest Pumpkin Ever by Steven Kroll
Phonics Focus: I Spy a Short Vowel Game
Hands-on Activity: Sink or Float?
CCSS (and states that have similar standards): RL.1.1 key details; RI.1.10 read and discuss first-grade texts; RF.1.1 punctuation; RF.1.2 vowel sounds, syllables; SL.1.2 ask and answer questions
Simple, spectacular ideas to boost your lessons.
Skills: experimenting, observing
Materials: Sink or Float? skill sheets, clear container of water, pencils, various materials to test